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Origin blackout: NRL hits back after players boycott media over pay war
The players, frustrated at being unable to get a pay deal done, have opted for a media blackout. Now the NRL has had its say.
- by Adrian Proszenko, Zoe Samios and Adam Pengilly
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Radio was the ABC’s crown jewel, but new data shows how it has fallen
Five years of ratings data from the industry’s official provider shows the scale of the challenge faced by the national broadcaster as it deals with a generational shift in its ranks and audience.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Zoe Samios
Goggle Box is KIIS host Jase Hawkins’ guilty streaming pleasure
Jase Hawkins is one half of KIIS 101.1’s breakfast show, Jase & Lauren.
- by Zoe Samios
Qantas’ Financial Review boycott: Cuts copies from lounges, in-flight Wi-Fi
Qantas has removed The Australian Financial Review from its in-flight Wi-Fi and no longer provides copies of the newspaper in its Chairman’s Lounge despite a commercial agreement with Nine to do so.
- by Zoe Samios and Amelia McGuire
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Google quietly makes billions from Australia as Twitter hogs headlines
Twitter has a huge public profile that is relative to its earnings, making $19 million from Australia, according to its latest accounts.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Zoe Samios
Seven West Media flags $15m in further cost cuts as ad market tumbles
The television and publishing company is trying to offset weaker-than-expected market conditions.
- by Zoe Samios
Southern Cross boss to exit after tumultuous tenure
Grant Blackley is leaving the company, which owns Triple M, after an eight-year stint as CEO that coincided with the pandemic and a share price fall of nearly 80 per cent.
- by Zoe Samios
Australian media to remain on TikTok despite government fears
Most media companies have no plans to leave TikTok, despite government security fears and revelations by the platform’s owner, ByteDance, last year that its employees tracked journalists.
- by Zoe Samios
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How Netflix, Amazon may be forced to make more Australian programs
The federal government is planning to make streaming giants produce more local content. But nearly every proposed model will discount film acquisitions and sports broadcasting.
- by Zoe Samios
Crikey alleges Lachlan Murdoch morally culpable for Capitol riots
The online news publication has added a new defence in the defamation lawsuit brought against it by the Fox Corporation chief executive.
- by Zoe Samios and Michaela Whitbourn
‘Deeply problematic’: Media companies slam Privacy Act review
Media companies are warning the government against proposed reforms to the Privacy Act, claiming it would prevent journalists from doing their jobs.
- by Zoe Samios
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/by/zoe-samios-p4yvph